"If you want a puppy, ask for a pony. If you want to be happy, don't ask for the world."

Last shift for this cycle! And I slept ALL DAY TODAY and I feel so amazingly fantastic! I woke up twice, but went back to sleep (wisely, it turns out) and was shocked when, the third time I woke up, it was 5:45pm. Woo!! I'm so amped! Getting enough sleep has made a huge difference to my mood!

Viv loaned me a great CD from 'Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing' - it's a bit like Paul Kelly, but maybe a little sadder and more raw. Paul Kelly is a more of a romantic in his worldview, but both artists have that really good slice-of-life feel.

So in twelve hours I'm on my next four-day weekend, and the benefits of this arrangement are really starting to grow on me.

As always, a weekend devoid of Plans suddenly filled itself up a day or so beforehand, so tomorrow I'm going out to the farm with Joe (apparently he hasn't told his parents I'm coming, so hopefully that's not awkward - but Joe's parents don't really 'do' awkward, so it should be cool, and I've really missed them) and I'm going to catch my sleep while he works on his car, then we're going to draw more Wicked Campers (we're up to about twenty designs now) and chill out and do the sorts of things we always do out at the farm (in terms that Adders will understand, if no-one else, we'll be "watching a fair bit of the daVinci Code". Hee.)

Adders, I have no respect for you and your Corey Worthington crush. Seriously, dude. SERIOUSLY. D:

Anyway, on Sunday there's this long-planned games thing with Greg and Elizabeth D, which is some kind of tabletop roleplaying dealie where you get to play superheroes and supervillains. Greg sent me the PDF of the rules, a document of a 'mere' 120+ pages.

On Monday I'm catching lunch with Vix, and Tuesday night is coffee night (possibly just at my place again? It worked out great last week!) AND I think an impromptu celebration of Hammond's birthday. :) I know what I'm getting him already! I think we need to make him a cake, too, if our oven cooperates. Hmm, who do I know who can decorate cakes? *makes shifty eyes at Kelly* And Joe, if you are involved in the making of the cake in any way at all, there are to be NO 'special ingredients'.

Four day weekeeeeend!

I have to collect signatures on the new lease this weekend. Everyone's schedules are too disparate to get into the real estate at the same time, so I'm just going to take in the lease and the change-of-tenants forms on my own on Monday and hope that they don't expect us all to be there in person. Will also remind them re the dishwasher request.

Um, yeah, that ended boringly.

I've been thinking about where I'd like to live after this next lease runs out in a year. And though I adore West End, I think I'd like to move a little further out into the suburbs so I'm close to work and can get a nicer house for cheaper, and maybe just have two other flatmates. Continually trying to keep a five-room house full to capacity is a pain in the butt! But yeah, that's thinking way ahead again; we'll see what happens when we get there...